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Net down 11.6 percent as Irish mortgage market charge hits bottom line

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers found increasing concern over the state of French and other EU states' finances.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research survey of investors shows increasing confidence in Europe and growing fears over emerging markets.

Hacker group pledged to expose 'new world order conspiracy' issues video in support of US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.

The eurozone rescue deal briefly outlined Friday by the German chancellor and French president hasn't gone down well with Standard & Poor's, but the "Big Bazooka" Summit? Not if Bundeskanzlerin Merkel has her way.

The global anti-capitalist movement is said to be planning an hour-long stand-off at 11.11am on Friday Nov. 11, 2011, Remembrance Day.

Reading Bloomberg News' article by Lorenzo Totaro at lunchtime, Friday 28 October on Italy's latest Bond Sale falling short of expectations and the country's borrowing costs rising, I quickly checked to see what its current National Debt is. At €1,900.8 billion, amounting to €31,500 per inhabitant, this roughly measures 120 per cent of Italy's GDP.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning as gloom about the global economy descended on the market.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 after Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, made a speech yesterday.

Central banks in the U.K., Europe, Australasia and Latin America, are focused on the ill effects of inflation, which is rising at a rate that threatens to impair economic growth in their respective jurisdictions. This follows a period where these economies were attempting to stoke growth through monetary stimuli that led to lower interest rates and sizeable gains in bond prices. This is now changing.

The IMF estimates the U.S. gross outstanding public debt to GDP ratio at approximately 100% for 2011. Not good, but the U.S. can point to Japan and Italy as having higher ratios. But probably not many think that Japan's dismal economic picture is one that the U.S. should try to model itself on. Italy also has more than its share of economic issues and an economic framework that not many countries aspire to.

A recent report on economic activity in Britain was stunningly anemic. It showed the U.K. economy actually contracted in the fourth quarter of 2010 by 0.5 percent. The troubling aspect was not just that it underwhelmed expectations, but that it comes at a time when inflation is rising to an uncomfortable level. Increasing prices have prompted discussions of a tightening in monetary policy by U.K. central bankers. Inflation rose to 3.7% in December, well above the official target of 2%, and s...

With flagging economies and worries about austerity measures further crimping growth, about the last thing central bankers from the U.K. and Europe need to consider is combating inflation. But that is exactly what is being heaped upon decision-makers at the moment.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of a statement due out from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following news that the U.S. Federal Reserve will be embarking on another stimulus in a bid to strengthen economic recovery.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the Wall Street Journal suggested that the US Federal Reserve is likely to begin another round of Treasury bond purchases.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of a speech by Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after news from the Federal Reserve in the US and from Standard Chartered in Britain.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 ahead of unemployment data due out later today from the US.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following news from the US Federal Reserve earlier this week.